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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *skamō (“shame”) + *-āną.
Verb
*skamāną[1][2]
- to be ashamed
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*skamō”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 439/440: “*skamēn-”
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skamēnan ~ skamōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333